simple past

Practice When we want to indicate that something happened at a specific time in the past, we use past simple.. Practice When we want to indicate that something happened at a specific tim

Practice When we want to indicate that something happened at a

specific time in the past, we use past simple.

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Past Simple Tense

I painted the wall.

Practice When we want to indicate that something happened at a

specific time in the past, we use past simple.

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Past Simple Tense

We can either say when it happened.

He cooked a cake last night

Practice When we want to indicate that something happened at a

specific time in the past, we use past simple.

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Past Simple Tense

We can either say when it happened.

I passed the exam.

Practice When we want to indicate that something happened at a

specific time in the past, we use past simple.

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Past Simple Tense

We can either say when it happened.

When I was a soldier I fought

against the enemy.

We use the past simple for situations that existed for a period of time in the past, but not know.

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Past Simple Tense

Study these examples:

The past simple is often –ed (regular verbs)

For example:

work = worked , clean = cleaned , dance = danced

I enjoy ed the party last night!!

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Some verbs are irregular (=not regular) The past simple

is not –ed

I lost all of my money.

Here are some important irregular verbs:

begin began come came drink drank eat ate find found have had know knew lose lost put put say said see saw write wrote

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Some verbs are irregular (=not regular) The past simple

is not –ed

He went to work early.

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Study these examples:

The party finished at midnight.

We did a lot of work yesterday.

I usually get up early but this morning I got up 9.30.

Did you see Joe yesterday?

Did it rain on Friday?

What did you do yesterday evening?

We went to the cinema but we didn’t enjoy the

film.

I didn’t watch television yesterday.

Helen didn’t come to the party.

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I went to the cinema yesterday.

He / she / it saw me in a town a few days ago.

We / you / they decided to work together.

Past simple negative

Past simple questions

I didn’t go to the cinema.

He / she / it didn’t watch the TV yesterday.

We / you / they didn’t work together

Did I go to the cinema?

Did He / she / it learn English?

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At midnight Hodja heard a noise Two men were struggling outside Hodja got out of his bed with a blanket over him and went to the front of his house He asked them why they were fighting Without answering, one of them took the blanket that covered Hodja and they both fled So the poor

Hodja returned to his bed again

“What were they fighting about?”, asked his wife

“About our blanket”, said Hodja “Now the blanket is gone, so the struggle is over.”

BLANKET IS GONE Nasreddin Hodja

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you do your homework yesterday ?

Fill in the blanks with correct word.

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Fill in the blanks with correct word.

Did you go to the cinema ?

often usually last night tomorrow

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Fill in the blanks with correct word.

It was hot in the room, so I the window

I my teeth three times yesterday

open die

The concert at 7.30 and at 10.15 When I was a child I to be a doctor

The accident last Sunday afternoon It’s a nice day today but yesterday it all day.

We our holiday last year

Ann’s grandfather when he was 90 years old

finish clean

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Fill in the blanks with correct word.

He me a letter last week

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a) They didn’t her to the party.

Fill in the blanks with these words.

b) The police me on my way home last night.

c) Mozart more than 600 pieces of music d) Did you out last night?